Big Tech's Capex Is Half of Wall Street's Profit Growth(inlevel9.com)
3 points by speckx | 0 comments
An article arguing that Big Tech's capital expenditure accounts for roughly half of Wall Street's corporate profit growth.
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39 stories tagged big-tech, newest first.
What Capital Never Told You About Rent(humansontheloop.com)
32 points by longitudinal93 | 28 comments
Substack essay by Michael Garfield and Simon Quarmby tracing how rent extraction, not profit, built the modern economy from enclosure to Big Tech's metered AI.
Do not fear AI. Fear AI companies(df7sc6o35ljoz.cloudfront.net)
14 points by rDr4g0n | 2 comments
An essay arguing that people should fear the companies building AI rather than AI itself, appealing to readers' intuition that something is wrong.
I don't like passkeys(hawksley.dev)
676 points by ethanhawksley | 665 comments
A personal blog post by Ethan Hawksley explaining why he dislikes passkeys and the tech industry's push to make users adopt them.
How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?(danluu.com)
804 points by jatins | 905 comments
Dan Luu essay evaluating the accuracy of AI skeptic Ed Zitron's predictions, starting with his 2024 claim that Meta, Google, and Microsoft are dying.
Zuckerberg's war on whistleblowers(pluralistic.net)
638 points by HotGarbage | 232 comments
A Pluralistic blog post by Cory Doctorow about Mark Zuckerberg's and Meta's increasingly bizarre efforts against whistleblowers.
Is Meta destroying its engineering organization?(newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com)
569 points by throwarayes | 495 comments
A Pragmatic Engineer newsletter deepdive by Gergely Orosz reporting on how Meta leadership's AI-driven changes are affecting its engineering organization.
Big tech's anti-labor playbook has come for Wikipedia(medium.com)
465 points by cdrnsf | 275 comments
Medium essay by Jake Orlowitz arguing Wikipedia/Wikimedia has adopted big tech's anti-labor practices; the capture shows only a Cloudflare verification page.
Google Declaring War on the Web(tante.cc)
470 points by cdrnsf | 303 comments
A blog post on tante.cc (Smashing Frames) arguing that Google's recent moves amount to declaring war on the open web.
Meta's embrace of AI is making its employees miserable(nytimes.com)
383 points by JumpCrisscross | 411 comments
New York Times article about how Meta's push to embrace AI is affecting employee morale; the capture shows a captcha page instead of the article.
Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs(bloomberg.com)
765 points by Vaslo | 798 comments
News report that Meta told employees it will cut about 10% of its workforce, roughly 8,000 jobs, in a push for efficiency.
Apple Just Lost Me(andregarzia.com)
345 points by syx | 329 comments
Personal blog post by Andre Garzia explaining why he is leaving Apple and plans to migrate away from its devices.
France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the US(apnews.com)
1073 points by AareyBaba | 541 comments
AP News article on France replacing Zoom and Microsoft Teams in government as Europe pushes for digital autonomy from US tech companies.
The Post-American Internet(pluralistic.net)
457 points by EvanAnderson | 310 comments
Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog edition titled "The Post-American Internet," apparently based on his 39C3 talk.
This is not the future(blog.mathieui.net)
581 points by ericdanielski | 309 comments
Blog post arguing against the 'this is the future, like it or not' framing for generative AI and other tech, asserting nothing is inevitable and modern technology is abusive.
Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help(hey.paris)
1355 points by parisidau | 772 comments
A personal blog post describing how Apple locked the author's Apple ID, cutting off 20 years of digital life with no recourse, and pleading for help.
I ignore the spotlight as a staff engineer(lalitm.com)
502 points by todsacerdoti | 226 comments
Blog post by a Google Senior Staff engineer explaining why he prioritizes long-term systems stewardship over high-visibility spotlight work, responding to Sean Goedecke's essays.
How good engineers write bad code at big companies(seangoedecke.com)
348 points by gfysfm | 236 comments
Sean Goedecke blog post explaining why competent engineers at big tech companies produce sloppy code, citing short tenures and engineers working outside their expertise.
How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA(heise.de)
334 points by i-con | 380 comments
Heise article on how ICC judge Nicolas Guillou, sanctioned by the US, finds the effects mainly in losing access to digital services.
Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws(theverge.com)
900 points by ksec | 1058 comments
The Verge news article reporting that the European Union is scaling back GDPR privacy rules and relaxing its AI Act under pressure from Big Tech.
YouTube Removes Windows 11 Bypass Tutorials, Claims 'Risk of Physical Harm'(news.itsfoss.com)
819 points by WaitWaitWha | 352 comments
It's FOSS News article reporting that YouTube removed tutorials on bypassing Windows 11 requirements, citing a 'risk of physical harm' policy.
Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war(businessinsider.com)
346 points by ripe | 618 comments
Business Insider exclusive on an internal Amazon document explaining why the company has largely stayed out of the competition for AI talent.
Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year(cnbc.com)
503 points by frays | 235 comments
CNBC article reporting that Google has cut 35% of managers overseeing small teams over the past year, per a company executive.
Ex-Facebook director's new book paints brutal image of Mark Zuckerberg(sfgate.com)
341 points by AntiRush | 185 comments
SFGATE article about a former Facebook director's book portraying Mark Zuckerberg harshly; the page loaded only a bot-check captcha.
Y Combinator urges the White House to support Europe's Digital Markets Act(techcrunch.com)
458 points by mrkramer | 337 comments
TechCrunch article reporting that Y Combinator is urging the White House to back the EU's Digital Markets Act.
Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs(axios.com)
1035 points by bsilvereagle | 1470 comments
Axios article publishing Meta's internal memo to employees announcing the rollback of its diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
How I ship projects at big tech companies(seangoedecke.com)
1297 points by gfysfm | 360 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog post on how he leads and ships projects at big tech companies, and the common mistakes engineers make when shipping.
US weighs Google break-up in landmark antitrust case(ft.com)
418 points by JumpCrisscross | 689 comments
Financial Times article reporting that the US government is considering seeking a break-up of Google in its landmark antitrust case.
US antitrust case against Amazon to move forward(reuters.com)
421 points by christhecaribou | 191 comments
Reuters news article reporting that the US antitrust lawsuit against Amazon will proceed; the captured page shows a captcha challenge instead of the article.
Judges rule Big Tech's free ride on Section 230 is over(thebignewsletter.com)
394 points by eatonphil | 435 comments
Matt Stoller's BIG newsletter post on the Third Circuit ruling that TikTok's algorithmic recommendations aren't shielded by Section 230 and it must stand trial.
Apple found in breach of EU competition rules(theguardian.com)
626 points by malermeister | 663 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the European Commission found Apple in breach of the EU's Digital Markets Act competition rules.
Show HN: Pls Fix – Hire big tech employees to appeal account suspensions(plsfix.co)
363 points by jpdpeters | 329 comments
Pls Fix is a marketplace where users post paid requests for verified big tech employees to help recover blocked or suspended social media and ad accounts.
How to deal with receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech(12challenges.substack.com)
460 points by louisbarclay | 183 comments
Louis Barclay's Substack post on handling a cease-and-desist letter from Big Tech, drawing on Facebook's 2021 letter over his Unfollow Everything extension.
Culture Change at Google(social.clawhammer.net)
436 points by kfogel | 363 comments
Personal blog essay by Ben Collins-Sussman reflecting on how Google's internal culture changed over his 18 years working there.
Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team(theverge.com)
359 points by jo_beef | 323 comments
The Verge news article reporting that Meta disbanded its Responsible AI team, with members moving to other AI teams at the company.
Google Brain founder says big tech is lying about AI danger(afr.com)
321 points by emptysongglass | 330 comments
News article reporting Google Brain cofounder Andrew Ng's claim that big tech firms exaggerate AI extinction risks to push regulation that entrenches their market dominance.
Layoffs push down scores on Glassdoor – how companies respond(newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com)
345 points by EvgeniyZh | 226 comments
A free Pragmatic Engineer newsletter issue by Gergely Orosz on how tech layoffs lowered Glassdoor ratings and how companies respond to fix their scores.
Tech bosses are letting dictators censor what Americans see(thedailybeast.com)
366 points by moose_man | 269 comments
Daily Beast opinion piece arguing that tech executives like Elon Musk are allowing authoritarian governments to censor content seen by Americans.
Mass layoffs and absentee bosses create a morale crisis at Meta(nytimes.com)
524 points by pretext | 726 comments
New York Times article on how mass layoffs and absent leadership have created a morale crisis among Meta employees; the capture shows a Google sign-in page.